How to Hang a Baby Blanket on a Wall

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A baby blanket is often a sentimental keepsake, but instead of storing it away where no one can see it, display it in a prominent place. The display itself could be sweetly ornate and should allow you to remove the article easily for an occasional cleaning. You have numerous options for hanging a decorative coverlet; choose one that works best depending on the blanket's thickness and your style. A treasured memento hanging on display makes an ideal conversation starter.

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Mount a cotton-rope clothesline that's a few inches longer than a small or lightweight blanket in a corner of the room, using hooks. Extend the rope so that it's horizontal and level from one wall to the next. Hang the blanket on the line using wood clothespins -- spray-paint the clothespins soft pink or blue, if you like. If you’re hanging a heavy or large blanket, mount a clothesline's pulley system along a wall. The clothesline is for decorative purposes only, so it doesn’t have to be in working order -- use antique pulleys, or spray-paint old or new pulley hardware powder pink, baby blue or pale yellow or green for charm.

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Hang the blanket tapestry-style. Install a curtain rod on the wall. Sew fabric tabs that match the blanket’s main color, to the top edge of the coverlet. Slip the rod through the tabs. Alternately, sew ties evenly -- 3 or 4 inches apart -- along the blanket’s top edge. Form neat bows as you tie the blanket to the rod.

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Cut a length of self-sticking hook-and-loop tape to fit across the top backside of the blanket. Stick the loop tape to the blanket. Stick the hook tape to the wall. Push the hook-and-loop tape's parts together to hang the blanket.

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Tack the blanket to the wall using a jumbo thumbtack in each corner. Position the blanket upright if it has a directional pattern or at an angle for more interest, if it has a free-form design. Find oversized thumbtacks in craft stores.

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Sew a horizontal 4-inch pocket along the back top edge of a heavy blanket. Insert a length of 2-inch-thick wood doweling -- cut to the blanket's width -- through the pocket. Screw an eye hook into each end of the dowel. Screw a decorative hook into the wall a few inches higher than you’d like the blanket to hang. Cut a length of wide satin or velvet ribbon 12 inches wider than the blanket. Knot each end of the ribbon to the eye hooks and form neat bows. Hang the ribbon over the hook.

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Form a row of three cute quilt clips on the wall to grip the top edges and middle of the blanket. Screw the clips’ metal brackets to the wall, using the included screws. Slip the 4- or 5-inch decorative clips over the brackets in a similar fashion as installing a towel bar. The clips' mechanisms work similarly to a clipboard to pinch the blanket in place.

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Protect an antique or fragile blanket behind the glass of a large picture frame or shadow box. Smooth the wrinkles out of the blanket for a neater appearance. Fold the blanket to make it fit, if needed. Use picture-hanging hardware to display it.

Things You Will Need

Clothesline, clothesline hardware and clothespins

Curtain rod

Sewing supplies

Fabric

Jumbo thumbtacks, 4

Wood doweling

Eye hooks, 2

Wall hook

Ribbon

Quilt clips

Screwdriver

Picture-hanging hardware

Warning

Thick fabric can be a suffocation hazard to an infant up to 12 months old, explains BabyCenter.com. Do not hang a blanket within reach of a baby’s crib or within reach of a small child from the floor. Ensure that you securely fix the display hardware to the wall to help avoid injury; locate wall studs or use drywall anchors for a more stable display.

About the Author

Lorna Hordos has owned a home-flipping business for more than two decades. She uses her construction and interior design experience to write friendly, conversational home and lifestyle articles for Daltile, Marazzi, Lowes and numerous other publications. She also enjoys writing for children, and has been featured on the cover of Humpty Dumpty magazine.